What is Discovery Link?

The Alberta Library is now offering licensing services to Schools and School Divisions through our newly developed program, Discovery Link. Consider licensing through TAL to get the best deal and save valuable staff time. TAL can provide you with equitable access to quality authoritative resources that have been created, edited, and updated by experts in the field of study for the classroom. ​

What is The Alberta Library? 

Why License with Discovery Link?

Incorporated in 1997, The Alberta Library (TAL) is a non-profit organization that provides services to libraries. TAL’s #1 service is licensing, we deliver licensed information resources to members and customers. 

• Over the past 24 years TAL has developed long-term relationships with over 50 vendors to negotiate the best possible price and access terms using our model license agreement.
  
• Last year 213 opt-in licensed resources worth over $7.5 million were purchased, saving over $2.2 million for our members, an average of 29%. 

Our staff are experts at evaluating resources for:

• Relevance 
• Scope 
• Classroom suitability 
• Diverse learners
• Connection to the Alberta Curriculum 
  
•  TAL works with other library consortia across Canada to leverage purchasing power which results in significant savings. 
• While the offers show the annual (Jan-Dec) pricing we can also do Sept-Dec (16 month) licensing and we make that easy for you.

What can you find here?

Under the Current Offers tab, you'll find a listing of the offers that your school/school division/school board could license.

Under the Free Resources tab, you'll find free online resources that our team has identified as having curriculum connections. 

Under the Licensing FAQ, you'll find the answers to some of the most common questions we get about our program.

​Please note the pricing on the offers is the annual (January- December) cost but we can offer superrating for September 2021 to December 2022.
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Special offer:
​For new or existing customers buy any one Pebble Go or Pebble Go Next module at current pricing, and receive a second module free of charge for the first year.  Valid only until December 31st, 2022. 

Check out this offer

Upcoming Webinars on resources:

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Looking for general databases to support a range of subjects and grades? Sign up to attend one of these upcoming demos to learn about these GALE resources that can make accessing excellent authoritative material a breeze. Attendees of the webinar will be able to access an additional discount for new subscribers so it's a great time to attend!

The Alberta Library: Gale Elementary
Date and Time: October 18. 2022 2:00pm-2:45pm MT
Registration Link: https://cengage.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dKQD5h4iQBimy3XLWDU7Rg
Description: Gale In Context: Elementary School is the perfect educational product for today's young learners. It provides a content-rich, authoritative, and easy-to-use resource featuring age-appropriate, reliable, and engaging content covering a broad range of educational topics. It features a modern, mobile-responsive interface which helps kids learn and explore using a database. In this webinar, we will explore best practices for browsing, searching, and working with results.

​The Alberta Library: Gale Junior High
Date and Time: October 19. 2022 11:00pm-11:45pm MT
Registration Link: https://cengage.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_a9aDGFcQQJ2z0YxuyG5Org
Description: Gale In Context: Middle School combines the best of Gale's reference content with age-appropriate videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and so much more! Your junior high students will benefit from an interface that delivers the highly visual design and navigation preferred by younger users combined with the authoritative content and user-focused tool set needed to support middle level assignments and coursework. In this webinar, we’ll explore how this resource can support your school curriculum and provide best practices for finding what you need to engage and challenge your learners! ​

The Alberta Library: Gale High School
Date and Time: October 20. 2022 1:00pm-1:45pm MT
Registration Link: https://cengage.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dnkH1oZbT56CyRG8qUogpg
Description: Gale In Context: High School is a multi-curricular resource where secondary students and educators will find award-winning, curriculum-aligned content! Featuring original reference material, primary source documents, periodicals, newspapers, and multimedia material that are updated daily, students and teachers will find material that is engaging and relevant to the high school classroom. During this webinar, we will review best practices for discovering content and the tools that can be utilized to make this content accessible and easy to use. ​